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In Creative mode, players are given an infinite number of blocks to build with, with no health or hunger bar to hamper their building. Creative mode allows players to destroy all blocks instantly (including normally-indestructible blocks such as bedrock and end portal frames), provided they are not holding a sword.

Creative mode gives players the ability to fly. To activate flying, double tap the jump key. Use the jump key to go up and the sneak key to go down and the movement keys (default is WASD) to move. The player can disable flying in mid-air by double-tapping jump again, causing them to drop to the ground. Touching the ground when flying also disables flying. However, getting into a minecart or bed while flying will not disable flying when the player gets out.

A player flying in Creative mode

Players in Creative mode are unable to receive damage. However, going too far into the Void will still kill the player, but the player can fly around in the Void provided they do not descend below y=-64. This, other than the use of the /kill command and external editors, is the only way to die in Creative mode.

Mobs will still spawn as they do in other game modes (including from mob spawners), but all are neutral towards the player and will not try to attack them, even if the player hits them. If the player enters The End while in Creative mode, the Ender Dragon will still attempt to attack the player, but cannot cause any harm. Zombies summoned by others calling for backup will attempt to attack the player, even if the player is in creative mode, but still cannot cause any harm, and will stop its attempt after several seconds.

Once a world is created, if cheats are enabled, the game mode can be manually changed to Creative (or other game modes) with the /gamemode command, specifically by typing /gamemode creative, /gamemode c or /gamemode 1. In multiplayer, players can be individually changed between game modes with the /gamemode command available to operators. This means that individual players can play Creative mode (at the operator's discretion) on a Survival map, or vice-versa. The default game mode for new players can also be changed with the /defaultgamemode command.

Creative inventory

In Creative, the normal inventory screen is replaced by the item selection screen, which contains almost all blocks and items (with some exceptions) in a tabbed interface. There is also a search feature. One tab provides a Survival-like inventory, including armor slots, but is missing the crafting grid (except for Pocket Edition). Other tabs include foodstuffs, building blocks, decorations, etc. Some items and blocks are only available in Creative mode, such as spawn eggs. Likewise, some blocks can only be used in Creative, such as command blocks and structure blocks.

The Creative mode inventory showing the Building Blocks tab for the PC version.

The Creative mode inventory showing the Building Blocks tab in Pocket Edition.

Some items behave differently in Creative mode; for example, empty buckets will never fill with water or lava, and water and lava buckets never empty, no matter how many times they are used. In Creative mode, putting an item in a frame or on an armor stand does not cause it to disappear from your hand, instead duplicating the item. It is the same for putting on armor by right-clicking it from your hotbar.

Drops can be picked up by the player, but if the hotbar is already full, the items will go in the Survival inventory. Blocks that are destroyed by means other than clicking on them (by destroying a block it is attached to, or when a gravity-affected block falls onto any non-solid block) can also be picked up.

In the Console Edition and Pocket Edition, creating a new Creative world or opening an existing world in Creative will permanently disable achievements and leaderboard updates for that particular game, but have no other effects on gameplay. In other words, achievements and leaderboard only work in games that have always been in Survival. The inventory in Console Edition is the same as the PC version, albeit with slightly different tabs and its own set of items.

Pick block

The player can obtain items using pick block. Unlike Survival, the block selected will appear in the player's hotbar even if the block is not already in the hotbar or in the survival inventory. If it is in the inventory, then the block will move out of its former slot and replace the block/item in the active hotbar slot, with the size of the stack preserved, If the hotbar is full then the selected block will replace the block/item in the active slot.

Most blocks will give the player a copy of itself when using pick block. Using it on an item frame gives the player the item held inside. Using it on a mob will give the player a spawn egg of that mob. Using it on a head will give the mob type that it is; using it on custom heads will only give the mob type that was used in the command, not the custom skin.

If you hold Control and press pick block, in addition to obtaining the item, it will also preserve the block's NBT tags, allowing you to place an identical copy of the block.

Unavailable blocks and items

There are several blocks and a couple items that do not appear in the Creative inventory. They can be obtained with the /give command, and can be manually placed using /setblock command, using the IDs provided in the table below. Additionally, using pick block on these blocks will give them, except where noted. Technical blocks, such as portals and off-state redstone torches, do not have corresponding inventory items, and thus cannot be legitimately obtained.

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